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Originally published by MintPress News. Allying himself with figures like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, infamous talk show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is spreading misinformation about...

A mall in Louisville, Ky became a frightening scene for holiday shoppers after thousands of teenage criminals flooded the mall causing multiple disturbances and fights. In what local reporters are calling a near riot...

Senior U.S. officials say a Defense Department team will be visiting a state and a federal prison in Colorado to assess their possible use to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as part of the Obama...

SOURCE: KATU NEWS Video via Youtube Dozens of Portland State University students took to the streets Monday morning, calling for campus security to be disarmed. The protest began around 11 a.m. when students walked out...

Egg freezing is becoming an insurance policy for women who want to focus on their career and start a family later. But in China, celebrities such as Xu Jinglei are forced to go to other countries to freeze their eggs....

A La Grande man is hoping to start a movement for parts of eastern Washington and Oregon to join Idaho. Residents in eastern Oregon and Washington have discussed breaking away from their more liberal neighbors to form...

Portable GoPro cameras have recently been used by more than just extreme athletes and drones. In a number of cases, GoPros – or other video cameras – have been used as a new line of defense in domestic violence...

LA SIERRA newspaper in San Luis, Colorado has recently published one of the most startled disinformation reports that I have ever seen. It openly character assassinates and generalizes an entire group of residents as...

A top commander in the US military has suggested active patrols near China’s islands in the Spratly archipelago. On Friday, Beijing announced that it was “extremely concerned” about such an aggressive proposal....

Fort Carson soldiers who crash-landed a drone in a Colorado Springs neighborhood in May will get remedial training after an investigation found they didn’t have proper clearance to fly the small RQ-11 Raven...

Violent crime rates continue to climb in American cities in the wake of several high profile cases involving the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of the police. In an article published Wednesday, The Washington...

A plan to begin human composting in Seattle is now gaining traction in the form of both willing participants and the money needed to make it happen. It’s called the Urban Death Project. “The Urban Death...

The confusing web of contradictions that led to accusations of racism and questions of racial identity appear to have resulted in the resignation of an NAACP leader in Spokane, Washington, who has now spoken out about...

Los Angeles has become the largest city in the nation to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Mayor Eric Garcetti on Saturday signed the bill, which he called “a major victory in our city.”Garcetti argued that...

Grab your gold, and hold on! The financial wizards who have declared precious metals to be a treasure of the past in this interconnected and digital world of currency and trade may have a few things to reconsider. It is...

With a presidential field approaching 20 high-profile Republicans, the GOP’s 2016 class offers voters a little bit of everything. There is the top-tier, a group that includes former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who formally...

A group of 15 heavily-armed masked gunmen kicked down the door of a Texas border home and opened fire without warning, in a home invasion that injured a 9-year-old boy and his 33-year-old mother. The assault took place...

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency on Friday, saying drought conditions due to a lack of snowpack are some of the worst on record in a region normally known for its drizzly...

Two correctional officers have been suspended without pay for their involvement in looting during the Baltimore riots surrounding the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. The correctional officers, 29-year-old Tamika...

The late night and pre-dawn exercises, which will involve the 3rd Special Forces Group out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have been running since May 8 and will conclude on Friday. Previous exercises conducted by the...

Urban unrest expert Dr. Max Herman says that the United States is on the “cusp” of a wave of domestic disorder and that the country will see more race riots. Herman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at New...

Telecom giant Verizon announced Tuesday it will be buying AOL for $50 per share, or about $4.4 billion. AOL’s stock was up more than 17 percent after the announcement. Verizon’s stock was down slightly. The...

The man who shot at George Zimmerman on Monday is claiming he was trying to protect himself, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Monday. Matthew Apperson appeared alongside his attorney, Mark NeJame, as well as his wife...